The annual AMVER awards ceremony will be held on Monday at a central Athens hotel, with well-known ship-owner Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos among the honourees.
Tsakos will be honored for his efforts to establish the first private high school in Greece specializing in marine vocational studies and preservation of the country’s maritime tradition. The non-profit school opened on the eastern Aegean island of Chios (Hios).
Exactly 220 Greek shipping company managing roughly 1,800 vessels are voluntary members of the Automated Mutual- Assistance Vessel Rescue (www.amver.com) system, which aims to promote maritime and shipping safety.
The event is organized by the Piraeus-based Propeller Club in cooperation with the US embassy in Athens and the US Coast Guard, and with the support of Greece’s shipping ministry, the Union of Greek Shipowners and the Marine Chamber of Greece.
